Asked about the switch, a representative for Coca-Cola didn’ explicitly say it would use cane sugar for products in the U.S.

Coca-Cola introduced high-fructose corn syrup into its signature cola in the mid-1980s, spurred by low prices for U.S. corn that were bolstered by federal subsidies to corn farmers.

President Donald Trump has recently advocated that the soft drink giant replace their source of sweetener with sugar cane.

President Donald Trump says that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion. The switch from high-fructose corn syrup in Coke sold in ...